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LOXBEARE

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)]

"LOXBEAR, a parish in the hundred of Tiverton, county Devon, 4 miles N.W, of Tiverton, its post town, and terminus of a branch line of the Great Western r`ilway. It is situated on the high road from South Molton to Tiverton. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Exeter, value £180. The church is a stone edifice of ancient date, with a Norman doorway. It contains an antique font and some monuments. There was formerly a chapel at Leigh in this parish. The charities produce about £2 per annum. A. H. D. Troyte, Esq., is lord of the manor."

Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003